If the world’s media is scrutinizing the reconstruction of a track for a V8 supercar racing event on a global calendar, it’s critical to have connectivity and communications that are faster than the race itself.
If the world’s media is scrutinizing the reconstruction of a track for a V8 supercar racing event on a global calendar, it’s critical to have connectivity and communications that are faster than the race itself.
The challenge
In 2008 the Western Australia government forced the Barbagallo Raceway to shut down and commence a demolition and complete rebuild of infrastructure to bring the V8 supercar raceway into the 21st century, upgrading it to international standards.
The project was well into the construction phase when Reseau received a call from the Project Manager about installing a phone system. However phones were only the beginning of what was needed.
Reseau quickly realised that project team had vastly under-estimated the challenge of delivering communications through a network that needed to support a huge media contingent, the specialist data security and communication needs of the race teams and buildings and garages spread across the raceway each needing their own lines for security reasons.
The challenge was to build the network to a looming and extremely tight race deadline relying on coordinating with other construction contractors, while the site was being built all around. At times Reseau teams needed to work with no electricity, which severely restricted communication.
The engagement brief
The project management team engaged Reseau to project manage the network construction, installation, upgrades and management from the raceway reconstruction to race day and beyond.
The Reseau process
Technical considerations
In project managing the installation Reseau deployed the following technologies and processes
What was unique about the Reseau solution?
Through careful project management and constant monitoring and review Reseau completed the installation with adequate time to check work well before race day. Race teams with their own specialist security teams were impressed with the security and speed the Reseau solution provided.